Month: October 2016

Aashu Patel is a writer and journalist born in 18th July 1968 at Jamnagar. He is currently making an animation movie as writer /director and stays in Mumbai. Journey of becoming an author He was working as an editor of a prominent newspaper and this was the phase when he thought to write novels and decided to become an author. He also started writing columns in various newspapers. Interesting thing about him He is an accidental novelist, working as a …

Matrubharti has partnered with AILF, Ahmedabad International Literature Festival. The one of it’s kind festival in Ahmedabad promoting literature and culture. AILF seeks to promote writing & reading predominantly among children and adults, with a focus on poetry, entrepreneurship, self-development and storytelling and seek to position the city of Ahmedabad on the literary map of India. Now it has become an annual festival. It includes activities such as panel discussions on literature, environment, entrepreneurship, language, culture, poetry and short stories, workshops …

Nowadays, our population is mainly comprised of the working class who spend the majority of their times in offices. There are some diehard readers who are habitual to reading a lot of books. But, when a passionate reader comes home from office, eats food, and goes to bed for a reading session, they fall asleep with the book lying on their chest and the side lamp on. People don’t have the energy to complete the whole book, sometimes even …

Recognition is a fuel for Motivation. That’s what happened with us recently when we got to know that Matrubharti is selected among few Rising Startups of Gujarat. Government of Gujarat is actively working on the mission of “Startup India” initiated by our very own Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi. Gujarat being the prominent land of businessman is also leading in this mission by various policies and programs for startups. Vibrant Gujarat is a flagship event of Government of …

Short stories have always helped in developing newer and vaster ideas. When you start jotting down your thoughts on paper, stories and instances come to life. Edgar Allan Poe, Haruki Murukami, Stephen King have always been great propagators of the idea of short stories. Sometimes you need to write a detailed account of just one incident, which involves and revolves around a few characters, stories that are created to amplify the impact of this one single incident. These stories commonly …

Born in 19th August 1966, Raeesh Maniar did his Masters in Pediatrics. For about twenty long years he practiced as a Pediatrician and Developmental and Behavioral child specialist. He is a native of Killa Pardi, Valsad, however he has settled in Surat since decades, so in his own words a pakka “Hurti”. At quite an early age he developed a very strong affinity toward poetry which was later on to become his lifelong love and addiction. Eventually, he left practicing …

Bhavisha Gokani was born in 5 September 1984. She is from Jamkhambhaliya, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Gujarat. She is a primary school teacher and a graduate with P.T.C and M.Com degrees. Inspiration of becoming a writer During her childhood days, she was fond of reading which developed into a hobby. It inspires her lot and she finally decided to narrate her thoughts in writing. She was greatly inspired by a writer named Harish Mahuwakar from Bhavnagar. Interesting facts about her In the …